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One for the books: Chinese copycat clones another Chinese app

Usually we hear about stories of Chinese copycats aping foreign tech products, and examples of that aren’t hard to find. But thanks to Twitter…

‘The Internship’: the movie starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Google

Silicon Valley is pretty mainstream these days. If you want proof look no further than the offerings that have our come to our screens…

Oscar Pistorius allegedly shoots girlfriend, sends Twitter into shock

News that renowned paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius had allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend Reva Steenkamp sent Twitter into shock this morning. The man…

Opera ditches Presto, moves to WebKit

Norwegian software company Opera has ditched Presto, the rendering engine that currently powers Opera web browser, in favour of WebKit. WebKit powers the Apple…

AOL officially adds gadget review site gdgt to the family

After some speculation it seems the rumours are true: AOL has added gadget review site gdgt to its list of online properties for an…

Apple is not impressed by ‘silly sideshow’ of a lawsuit by investors

You’d think that as CEO, Tim Cook would be seriously concerned if Apple shareholders sued the company. But it seems that Cook is downplaying…

What the web thinks of eBay’s Magento buyout

When auction giant eBay announced this week that it was buying out the well-known ecommerce platform Magento, reaction was varied. In announcing the buyout…

Asian ad network reports surge in mobile advertising

The ever increasing allure of mobile advertising was reflected when BuzzCity, a global mobile advertising network, announced on Monday that it had served about…

Malaysian social activist ordered to tweet 100 apologies

In an interesting turn of events, Twitter is not in court or being served with court orders to hand over user data. One enterprising…

Confidence in Nokia rattled, but CEO bullish on Windows Phone 7

It’s not getting any better for Nokia. The Finnish handset giant saw its share price continue to plummet after the company’s announcement that its…

Omidyar-backed Africa entrepreneurship award launched

The 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, open to entries from every country in Africa, is awarding up to $350,000 in prize money to successful…

Nicholas Carr on how the internet is damaging our brains

US technology writer Nicholas Carr is worried about what the internet is doing to our brains. “The seductions of technology are hard to resist,”…

US military contractors face cyber-attacks, Lockheed Martin confirms

Like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, the US military’s largest contractor, Lockheed Martin in a recent statement confirmed that it had faced cyber-attacks….

PlayStation services to be restored this week

On Tuesday Sony announced its plans to restore PlayStation Network services worldwide except in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, after being targeted in…

Sony wants to bring software to its hardware

Sony’s reputation has been shredded by the recent cyber attacks from hackers and it’s struggling to recover. Sony, in the wake of what could…

Twitter’s chief appointed to Obama’s telecommunication security advisory

Twitter’s role and power in the world seems to be growing. In a move that sees the microblogging platform gain even more prestige, US…

Google Wallet launched, already running into major issues

In a much-anticipated move, Google on Thursday finally unveiled its free mobile application that seeks to turn smartphones into a replacement for credit cards….

SA mobile ad revenue to reach a billion rands by 2012

Predictions from upcoming Mobile Mindblast conference suggest that mobile ad revenues in South Africa totalled approximately R500-million in the last year. Year-on-year growth trends…

New music streaming collaboration between Facebook and Spotify

According to Forbes magazine, Facebook and Spotify will be collaborating on a streaming music service at the world’s largest online social network. A Facebook…

Online shopping is the ‘it’ thing for the fashion conscious

Online shopping is a growing trend and an aspect of it that has seen a remarkable growth recently is the fashion sector. People are…

Two-thirds of China’s population have mobile phones

The Chinese government announced on Tuesday that the country now has more than 900-million mobile phone subscribers. This mean that nearly two-thirds of the…

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

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WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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